Chauncey Rogers

Chauncey Rogers (1742-1805) was a Continental Army colonel during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Chauncey Rogers was born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey in 1742. He worked as a lawyer before becoming an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, raising a regiment of New Jersey Continentals. They fought against the British during the campaigns in New Jersey and New York, and they remained a part of George Washington's army for the rest of the war. After the war, Rogers returned to his practice, and he was a Federalist voter. He died in 1805.